In this episode of the United Nations House Scotland Podcast Human Rights special, the Human Rights team at UNHS takes over with the final instalment of the three part series on access to healthcare based on gender, sexuality and race. Join hosts Ifeoluwa Asefon, Jack Lenox and Hana Shono as they discuss social care and bring in other people's testimonies on their healthcare experiences in the UK.

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In this episode of the United Nations House Scotland Podcast Human Rights special, Ifeoluwa, Jack and Hana speak to Kate Astbury and Lucy Wellman about their work at CERT and the importance of improving access to healthcare for marginalised groups in Scotland and the UK.

For more information about CERT, please visit the following link: https://www.certscotland.com/

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In this first episode of a brand new season of the United Nations House Scotland Podcast, the Human Rights team at UNHS takes over with a three part series on access to healthcare based on gender, sexuality and race. Join hosts Ifeoluwa Asefon, Jack Lenox and Hana Shono as they bring in their own experiences and research on this topic.

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In this episode of the United Nations House Scotland Podcast, Georgie McLeman speaks to Lori Mihalich-Levin, best selling author, healthcare lawyer and CEO and founder of Mindful return. They spoke about unpaid care and productive conversations that can lead to better divisions of household labour.

For more information about Lori’s work and story, please visit the following links:

Mindful return website:

https://www.mindfulreturn.com/about-lori-mihalich-levin/

Her book:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16483376.Lori_K_Mihalich_Levin

Her podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/parents-at-work/id1239258343

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[Content Warning: this episode contains references to violence against women and girls, including reference to sexual violence and rape.]

In this episode of the United Nations House Scotland Podcast, Hannah Lawrence speaks to Madeleine Black, best-selling author, international public speaker, and survivor of sexual violence.

For more information about Madeleine’s work and story, please visit the following links:

Her website:

https://madeleineblack.co.uk/

Her book:

https://www.amazon.com/Unbroken-Journey-Shattered-Violence-Survival/dp/1786062763

https://www.bookdepository.com/Unbroken-Madeleine-Black/9781786062765

Her podcast:

https://open.spotify.com/album/44xpQm2AZx8Uqxsa4kGHsf

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In this episode of the United Nations House Scotland Podcast, Jess speaks to Varsha Thebo, the Hillary Rodham Clinton Research Fellow (2020-2021) at Georgetown Institute of Women Peace and Security about the Women, Peace and Security Agenda at the United Nations.

For more information about the work of Varsha and her colleagues at the Georgetown Institute of Women Peace and Security, visit their website: https://giwps.georgetown.edu/. They also produce an interesting e-newsletter which you can sign up to on the website.

Find out more about the GIWPS Women Peace and Security Index 2021-22 here: https://giwps.georgetown.edu/the-index/.

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[Content Warning: this episode contains references to violence against women and girls, including reference to sexual violence, rape and female genital mutilation/cutting.]

In this episode of the United Nations House Scotland Podcast, Jess speaks to Pat Black, advocacy advisor for Soroptimist International, about gender equality, women’s rights and the role of the UN in supporting and empowering women.

For more information on the topics discussed in this episode, please visit the below links which Pat has kindly provided for your reference:

• United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women: https://www.unwomen.org/en
• Commission on the Status of Women (CSW): ​​https://www.unwomen.org/en/csw
• Non-governmental Organisation (NGO) CSW Forum: http://ngocsw.org
• The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) (1979): https://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/cedaw/pages/cedawindex.aspx
• SDG 5 on Gender Equality: https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal5
• Beijing Platform for Action (1995): https://www.soroptimistinternational.org/what-is-the-beijing-declaration-and-platform-for-action/
• Soroptimist International: https://www.soroptimistinternational.org/

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In this episode of the United Nations House Scotland Podcast, host Hannah speaks with Prof Sir Geoff Palmer on his life experiences moving from Kingston, Jamaica to the UK and addresses historical black representation in England and Scotland.

For more information about the topics discussed in this episode, please visit:

• https://www.eis.org.uk/Anti-Racism/BHM19
  
• https://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/for-journalists/graduation-ceremonies-1/summer-2016/orations/oration-for-professor-sir-godfrey-palme
  
• http://www.elrec.org.uk
  
• https://www.abertay.ac.uk/news/2020/professor-sir-geoff-palmer-scotlands-caribbean-slavery-connections/
  

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